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23 Eliza Harris #5036 Daily Warm-Ups: Nonfiction Reading 160 ©Teacher Created Resources Warm-Up / 4 Name ______________________________________________ Check Your Understanding 1. From the context of the passage, what is the best meaning of apartheid? a. the separation of black people and white people c. putting people in prison b. a revolution against the government d. sharing power with both races 2. Which fact would support the proposition that Nelson Mandela was a good leader? a. He was always punctual, or on time. c. He loves listening to classical music. b. He refused to encourage violence against whites. d. While in prison, he worked in a gravel pit. 3. From the context of the passage, which is the best synonym for mistreatment? a. kindness c. running away b. cruelty d. bad feelings 4. Which of the following is an opinion and not a fact? a. Nelson Mandela was elected in 1994 to be president of South Africa. b. Mandela has been married three times. c. The apartheid laws began in 1948. d. Nelson Mandela was the most important leader in the world. Nelson Mandela became one of the best-known people in the world while he was in a prison cell. He spent twenty-seven years in prison. The leaders of South Africa wanted to keep blacks as second-class citizens. They put Mandela in prison because he publicly opposed their policy called apartheid. This policy forced all blacks to carry a passbook if they left home to go to another area. It was a way of controlling the movements of all blacks. Mandela publicly burned his passbook after the police shot sixty-nine blacks. They had gathered to peacefully protest against passbooks and forced separation. Blacks were kept separate from whites in all public areas and services. They had to live in different towns. They had to use different restaurants, schools, and even movie theaters. In 1963, Mandela was arrested and accused of organizing a rebellion against the government. They said he was planning to destroy power lines, buildings, and public services. He was sent to prison for life. Mandela was kept in a cramped cell. He could receive only one visitor and one letter every six months. He had to dig in a lime pit or crush stones into gravel all day long. He soon became a leader among the prisoners. He protested the mistreatment of the men in jail and the mistreatment of blacks in the country. Mandela became a symbol of freedom. He wanted the government to share power between blacks and whites. Other nations began to oppose the government. They refused to do business with South Africa. The leaders in his country realized that Mandela had to be released from prison. When he was freed, he received the Nobel Prize for Peace. He was soon elected as the new president of South Africa. Nelson Mandela has become a symbol of liberty to the world. Fascinating People Download 10.24 Kb. Do'stlaringiz bilan baham: |
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